Give it a check. I thought the "Godfather" series was a master stroke of movie making, although the first and second movies are much better than III. They capture a slice of American life that until the book by Mario Puzo came out, few people knew about. Excellently researched, it tells the tale of one particular family called the Corleone family. In Part II, it tells how Vito Corleone escaped from Sicily as a small child and came to America in the 1920s and became a mob boss. The thing about the "Godfather" series is that much of it is true, only the names have been changed....etc.

So it's not really just a "mob movie" series, it is an important chapter in our collective history. The actors (Brando, James Caan, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall) are at their best. It's a very compelling trio of movies.

If you can stand the intense drama and murders and such, you really should treat yourself to at least the first and second "The Godfather" movies.